Lubec High School - Quoddy Light Yearbook (Lubec, ME)

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be uoboxg ltgbt Vol I Lubec, Malne,June, l9l6 No I Publlshed by the Students of Lubec Hlgh School Prlnted by The I ubec Herald CL ltr lhtturtul Stuff I'd1tor 1n Ch1ef Leah Ramsdell Assts Verna Ol1ver 17 Ann1e XVatt Fdythe Porter 19 BUSIUSSS Manager Henry Tucker Assts Karl Dodge 17 Arthur Stuart Frank P1ke 19 Locals Nlaude Adams Assts Mae Fann1ng'17 Angela Thay er '18 Edlth Mowry 19 Personals Mabel Comsto k 16 Assts Merr1llTof1 17 Verne INe1l '18 Franklm Robbms '19 Athlet1cs B3Sll M1ller 16 Assts Fred Trecartm 17 Henry G1av 18 Sumner Stuart 19 Alumm Anme Ramsdell 16 cock 18 Fmma Dav1s,19 Exchange Lrsula Godfrey Assts Annle Le1ghton '17 L,hr1st1ne Sm1th 18 Evelyn Avery ,19 All business communlcatlons should be addressed to PRIN1 HIGH Scnoor LL 1x1 c M1 1 htlnrtztl 1Fure!unrit Th1s ISSUC s Number 1 of Volume 1 of the Quoddv L1ght It marks the entrance of our H1gh Qchool lnto the Journal1st1c field We have long felt the need of clos er commun1cat1on w1th other schools that we m1ght learn of the1r act1v1t1es and that they m1ght learn of ours A school paper helps greatly to n1eet thlg object It serx es II also to st1n1ulate the l1teraryab1l1t1es of our students and records and perpetuates the happenmgs of our school days for our own pleasure as we read them 1n after years as well as for the enllghtenment of the classes to follow We are all new to the bus1ness and no doubt errors w1ll occur so we ask for the cons1derat1on of our readers We 1nv1te honest cr1t1c1sm honmg to IIDDTOVC there The name of o11r paper was suggested by the hghthouse known as Ouoddy L1ght, wh1ch stands at the entrance of our harbor and we trust we may he of as much ass1st at ce to those who wander tl'ru 1ts pages as ltS name sake IS to manners who wander past our coast 7Luln'r Zbtg Strhnul Tne long felt want of a h1gh school bmldmg 1n th1s town has been fully sup pl1ed th1s year by the crect1on of 1 hand some subsrant1al and well appomted edl fice on one of the cho1c.est lots 1n the Vll lage H1therto pup1ls who were sufflc ent ly amb1t1ous to des1re th1s advanced course were obl1ged to secure lt 1n a blllldlng' crowded w1th other grades, and lack1ng many of the necessary alds and appl1ances for the successful carrymg on of the ts ork and had no playground These have all been carefully cons1dered1n our new home Contmued Ol second page folluwmgl I - 1 , Y . fu 3 . . v . . . . x . , , L - - - . , ,16 5 L ' L . - ' ' , ' '18 , . 1 1 . . y - - v ,16 I , - ' . ' '13 .' . ' . . 4 . , . D , - . f . '16 1 ' . i , f ' by, ' r l F y . . . I ' - y YM' J' ' . . ' l .N Q 1 . - . . , ' A ' - ' . , I 1 . ' . . ' ' ' - l ' , - , - 7 x 1 1 I .v I - . , , Assts, Sad1e Marston '17, Hazel Bab- Lwif V Zn W I 7 '- I 4 ' ' 's - K' ' . ' Q I m l 5 . . . lr- . . . . ' '1 v x s ' C - . . ' .. 7 3 '. 3- 1 l l .' V -Q . .R -bg W l v V X 4 Y ,. f . ' 1 ' f - -, - i if X . . . . . K . . . . . C I l Q I h I . . -1 1 . , ' . , .N . ' Y ,1 1 . .

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THE QUODDY LIGHT Q Ii tl u r x u l s contmued from pngo3 The town voted at its annual town meet ing 1n 1914 to purchase a sultable lot and to erect a bulldlng adapted to the growlng needs of our students from every part of the town who were becomlng more in terested and ambltxous each year to get thas higher educatlon and a generous sum of money was approprlated therefor The next step was a wxse choxce of a commlttee conslstmg of three of our most enterprxs mg and energetlc cxtxzens Robert I Pea cock Chas Wlnton and E M Lawrence to carry out the rdeas of the people Th1scomm1ttee called upon the arch1 ficauons and from those presented select ed that of Arthur Stanley of Bar Harbor He gave up the contract before the work had advanced to anv great extent It was then taken over by 'VIr W A Warnock of Eastport who deserves much credrt for the sk1llful manner rn whlch he completed the work Dnrruphnn ni Qluilhmg Th1s butldmg measures 100x70 It IS buxlt of wood ln the colomal style pamted yellow wtth white trnnmmgs The mam entrances faces the south, a back entrance faces the north The xnterxor 15 planned throughout wlth a vlew to securmg the best posslble sam tary condntxons Every room IS heated by steam lxghted by electrxclty and well supplxed wrth vent1lators We trust that C5 a complete telephone system, connectmg each room wzth the Pr1nc1pal's office wlll be xnstalled ln the near future as well as fire alarm bells and gongs ln the corrtdors Cypress 15 used for fimshlng wxth hard wood floors m all the rooms on the two floors and cement ln the basement The basement contains a phvsical labor atory a domestic sc1ence room two play rooms, two lavatornes bes1des the coal and boller rooms On the first floor four large class rooms the Prmclpals office and a prxvate lavatory, open out of a long and SDHCIOUS corridor On the second floor are the assembly room commercxal and recltatxon rooms and llbrary separated by a corrldor Unlt Arrangzmznl ni Saunas The four rooms are so arranged that each accommodates one class In usmng thxs un1t system the classes enter thexr home rooms for the uay s work the teach ers move from room to room We can see what an dvantage thls lS over recltmg ev ery lesson 1n a dlfferent room Incldents occuring on the way to the other rooms are avoxded and there IS much less mose ment, hence less noxse and break tn study work Siluhznls :nh Gear ers Our school year began with 141 stu dents Some have dropped during the year The facultv conszsts of five teach ers and a muslc teacher Th1s commg year the School Board plan to add a do mestxc scxence teacher to the force I . I . .. . . , . ' . 4 . . . , . - ' I . I u a - . . . . - ' ' ' .. ' ' I tects of the state to submit plans and speci- vlan. , - . , . ' ' ' 1 r . . . . - n n n ' n . , - Y - . . . ' . . M 1 ' , 'I D